Evaluation of lymphatic drainage patterns to the groin and implications for the extent of groin dissection in melanoma patients

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2994-2999

  Van Der Ploeg, Iris M C ^a   Kroon, Bin B R ^a   Valdés Olmos, Renato A ^a   Nieweg, Omgo E ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEURUBICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350396973     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0650-y     Document Type: Article

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